Balmoral Intersects 41.95 Metres Grading 3.24 g/t Gold Including 11.58 Metres Grading 6.30 g/t Gold, Bug South Gold Deposit, Martiniere Property, Quebec

VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - January 23, 2017) - Balmoral Resources Ltd. ("Balmoral" or the "Company") (BAR.TO)(BALMF) today reported that the Bug South gold deposit on its Martiniere Property in Quebec continues to return broad intersection of high grade gold mineralization and show good continuity between sections. Results were released from seven holes testing Bug South completed during the fall program and were highlighted by:

41.95m grading 3.24 g/t gold, including 11.58m grading 6.30 g/t gold from the Upper Bug Zone -- hole MDE-16-246B

13.93m grading 4.07 g/t gold from the Upper Bug Zone -- hole MDE-16-250

10.13m grading 7.34 g/t gold, including 5.34m grading 13.54 g/t gold from the Hanging Wall Zone -- hole MDE-16-247

13.79m grading 2.80 g/t gold, including 2.22m grading 16.33 g/t gold from the 221 Zone -- hole MDE-16-247

The Upper Bug Zone of the Bug South deposit continues to exhibit excellent continuity ranging in down-hole thickness in the holes released today from 5.83 to 88.36 metres. The Upper Bug Zone continues to exhibit a well-defined, south-southeast plunging area of enhanced thickness and grade. Updated cross-sections for the Bug South deposit featuring the results of the holes released today are available at http://www.balmoralresources.com. Strong gold values also continue to be intersected throughout the deposit area in the Hanging Wall Porphyry ("HWP"), Hanging Wall and recently discovered 221 Zones.

Hole

Northing

Easting

Dip

From

To

Interval*

Gold

Zone

Number

(Degrees)

(Metres)

(Metres)

(Metres)

(g/t)

MDE-16-244

2+20S

1+40W

-51

98.08

102.64

4.56

0.34

HWP

206.04

226.83

20.79

2.16

Hanging Wall

including

206.04

211.51

5.47

5.63

"

which includes

210.32

211.51

1.19

16.65

"

297.92

303.75

5.83

1.27

Upper Bug

including

299.17

300.50

1.33

3.53

"

346.47

354.18

7.71

0.68

Lower Bug

MDE-16-245

1+75S

2+40W

-48

52.64

62.33

9.69

0.18

Zn-Pb Zone

88.05

176.41

88.36

1.07

Upper Bug

including

127.83

128.38

0.55

6.70

"

and

156.64

164.41

7.77

2.99

"

210.90

220.68

9.78

1.20

Lower Bug

including

213.31

214.12

0.81

6.06

"

MDE-16-246B

2+55S

1+20W

-51

256.05

334.35

78.30

1.94

Upper Bug

includes

281.68

282.35

0.67

6.41

"

and

292.40

334.35

41.95

3.24

"

which includes

313.07

324.65

11.58

6.30

"

which includes

316.50

317.08

0.58

19.40

"

and

318.95

319.69

0.74

11.60

and

323.57

324.65

1.08

33.91

and

331.58

332.43

0.85

62.30

345.42

348.95

3.53

4.37

Lower Bug

including

347.59

348.26

0.67

18.05

"

MDE-16-247

1+75S

1+35W

-51

137.28

151.07

13.79

2.80

221 Zone

including

144.74

146.96

2.22

16.33

"

190.83

200.96

10.13

7.34

Hanging Wall

including

192.71

198.05

5.34

13.54

"

which includes

192.71

194.00

1.29

47.50

"

311.87

338.00

26.13

0.64

Upper Bug

including

337.00

338.00

1.00

4.66

"

MDE-16-248

1+20S

2+40W

-51

103.96

150.19

46.23

0.98

Upper Bug

including

122.75

143.37

20.62

1.88

"

which includes

122.75

124.20

1.45

5.39

"

and

129.48

130.80

1.32

7.77

"

161.31

172.79

11.48

0.37

Upper Bug

198.50

206.02

7.52

0.48

Lower Bug

MDE-16-249

1+25S

1+95W

-51

230.60

244.98

14.38

0.72

Upper Bug

MDE-16-250

2+65S

2+20W

-51

114.21

132.96

18.75

0.95

HWP

including

122.28

123.76

1.48

9.73

"

172.27

201.20

28.93

2.15

Upper Bug

including

174.14

188.07

13.93

4.07

"

which includes

177.44

184.69

7.25

5.40

Upper Bug

which includes

183.95

184.69

0.74

14.40

"

* Reported drill intercepts are not true widths. At this time there is insufficient data with respect to the shape of the mineralization to calculate true orientations in space although they are estimated to range between approximately 70 and 77% of true thickness. All values presented uncapped.